After Ike
thanks to my old pal chris for taking these photos
and posting them on his site with updates about orange.
and especially for checking on mom & dad's house today. it's not flooded.
Orange - historic Stark House
Orange - downtown 
Orange - Division & Border St
Orange - First Baptist
Orange - Lamar State College
Orange - Pine St near Simmons Dr
lots of these guys around now
Bridge City
Bridge City
(last 2 pics from Jim Love/KLVI website)
map of the area
posted by laura g @ Saturday, September 13, 2008
5 Comments:
why did they build a city in the middle of the ocean???
okok im kidding I'm glad mom and dad's house made it ok, though it looks like there will be major cleaning up to do. that thing was crazier than I thought, as my parents said there was flooding and power outages in eastern louisiana!!!
haha, guess you've heard that a million times.
so, so, so much clean-up to do. check out more pics on www.kogt.com in the photo gallery. he protects his photos so i can't copy/post them here.
So glad your parent's house made it through. My family is from Nederland/Bridge City area, and several of them lost everything. Even my parent's house in N. Houston had four large trees down, and one barely missed the house. Even with Katrina and Rita, I don't think I really understood the potential gravity of it until it was here. I suppose it's mind-boggling in a way. We are all feeling fortunate, though--those who have lost homes have insurance, and everyone is safe, when it could have been so much worse.
Laura, Here is the message I sent to your email address:
Thanks so much for the message. My cousin Jason's house (in BCity) was completely flooded, and I think he could most likely use some help. My other cousin, Ron, was living there, too, so he lost most of his stuff, too. They are both there working on clean up, but, as far as I know, it is just the two of them. Most of our other family is in Nederland dealing with their own damage, which is minor for the most part. Jason works for two weeks at a time as a Captain of a large ship out there, so he is on the boat 1/2 of the time. But, anyone you could send his way (or just call him and see if he needs anything) would be most appreciated. Jason's contact info is below:
Jason Lee
1369 Elsie St.
BC
409.728.5695
Or Ron Beach
281.795.1788
Thanks so much, Laura!
Laurie
Hey, we had a "Bridge City" in our town. It was called "Pizza Hut."
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